The team arrived at a village next to Tuqiao Village. This was the place where the Jia County Magistrates would deliver the goods. Some of the goods would be delivered to the Li Family's Zhuangzi Village. There were a few families living a hard life there.
The Jia County Magistrates resisted the urge to look for Han Wangzhu directly. Instead, he led the yamen runners to deliver the goods to the poor families in the village. The Jia County Magistrates felt a little better when he saw the people who received the goods kneeling down and kowtowing with tears streaming down their faces. Even though he had spent a lot of money to buy the goods from Zhangjia Zhuangzi, the Jia County Magistrates felt a little better.
After delivering the goods to this village, the Jia County Magistrates didn't plan to immediately deliver the goods to the villages next to the Li Family. He ordered the yamen runners to go to Between the Clouds and the Water. He didn't go upstairs to eat. Instead, he led four yamen runners to the courtyard where Han Wangzhu lived. Two of the four yamen runners were bribed by the Jia County Magistrates, while the other two were to be dealt with in the future.
As soon as the Jia County Magistrates entered the courtyard, Han Wangzhu greeted him as if he had already known. The Jia County Magistrates arranged for the two who weren't bribed to stand at the entrance and the two who were bribed to stand guard outside the house.
This time, the Jia County Magistrates and Han Wangzhu were very careful. They didn't even want to talk. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Han Wangzhu took out a pen and the two started to write on a piece of paper.
"County Magistrate, why are you here today?" Han Wangzhu wrote on the paper.
"Zhangjia Zhuangzi is making money again. They are selling firecrackers. I don't know how to make them. I tried to imitate them but failed." The Jia County Magistrates also wrote.
Han Wangzhu nodded. After thinking for a while, he wrote on the paper, "What do you want, Magistrate? Don't let them continue to sell firecrackers? "
"No, we can only think of other ways. Don't you already have an idea? Tell me and I'll do it right away. " Jia County Magistrates wasn't stupid. He knew that he couldn't stop them from selling things. The main reason was that the bailiffs didn't listen to him. It was also impossible for him to transfer troops from other places. Unless Zhangjia Zhuangzi committed a serious crime, he wouldn't dare to ask for help from the people behind him.
When Han Wangzhu saw what Jia County Magistrates wrote, he hesitated. After a while, he wrote, "It's still early. It's better not to do it during the New Year to avoid trouble."
Looking at the words on the paper, County Magistrate Jia's expression kept changing. He also knew that if something went wrong during the Spring Festival, the matter would be blown out of proportion. The Zhang family's manor would not treat him the same as before. Although he did not know what method the Zhang family's manor would use, the methods of the Zhang family's manor could never be underestimated.
Jia County Magistrates felt aggrieved again. He didn't know what to do. Should he do it or wait? Sweat oozed from his forehead. Jia County Magistrates wiped it, gritted his teeth, and wrote, "We can't wait any longer to avoid trouble. You guys come up with ideas and I'll do it myself."
"Sir, do you want to think about it again?" Han Wangzhu tried to persuade him again.
"No need." Jia County Magistrates insisted.
"Good. Someone will give you the details tomorrow. Remember not to let anyone else see it." Han Wangzhu saw that Jia County Magistrates was ready to do it during the New Year. He had no other choice. This plan needed Jia County Magistrates' help, so he had to arrange it this way.
Jia County Magistrates didn't continue to write this time. He nodded seriously. Maybe it was because the last moment was coming. He was a little scared, but more excited. He felt that he finally had a chance to suppress the Zhang Family and the Wang Family. Even if he couldn't make them collapse at once, he could at least gain more benefits.
Everything depended on what the two Zhuangzi would do.
Jia County Magistrates took a deep breath, picked up the papers written by the two, and burned them with a flint. He watched as the papers turned into ashes and stomped on them. He was really scared. If this matter spread to the Zhangjia Zhuangzi, he didn't know what they would do to him.
With a plan in mind, Jia County Magistrates knew that he couldn't turn back. He chatted with Han Wangzhu for a while, then got up and left the room. He saw two yamen runners standing at the door and said to them, "What I just said to Brother Han, you can't tell anyone."
The two yamen runners looked at Jia County Magistrates blankly and nodded under the gaze of Jia County Magistrates.
Jia County Magistrates deliberately did this. He had written down all the useful things, and it didn't matter if others knew what he said. He was going to make the yamen runners a habit from now on.
"Take care, Magistrate," Han Wangzhu said as he walked Jia County Magistrates to the door of the courtyard.
After Jia County Magistrates' figure disappeared, Han Wangzhu didn't dare to delay. He found a horse in the courtyard, mounted it, and personally ran to Zhuangzi.
Jia County Magistrates left the courtyard. He didn't know what to feel, but he kept wanting to go to the small bridge to take a look. He also felt a little guilty, so he walked all the way. Before he knew it, he came to Between the Clouds and the Water. He didn't go to the second floor, but randomly found a seat on the first floor near the manor. He opened the window a little and looked at the light snow that was still falling outside. He didn't move.
"County Magistrates, what would you like to eat?" Jia County Magistrates didn't say anything, and neither did the yamen runners. However, the waiter couldn't not say anything, so he asked in a low voice.
"Anything will do. This snow, it's really good. Let's make it heavier." Jia County Magistrates felt a little crazy.
The waiter was stunned for a moment and immediately said, "Yes, Magistrate. I will go and prepare it for you."
After the waiter left, Jia County Magistrates looked at Yama-yamen Runner and the others who were standing there. He said with a smile, "Sit, eat with me today. The weather is going to change."
"Magistrate, it's been snowing. Do you think it will be sunny soon?" Yama-yamen Runner was puzzled and asked.
Jia County Magistrates pretended to be profound. He waved his hand and said, "No, it's going to be heavier. The weather of Sanshui County, whether it's snowing or sunny, it's going to change."
Jia County Magistrates believed that Zhuangzi from the Han Family and Zhuangzi from the Yuan Family would definitely help him a lot. Those two Zhuangzi were not worse than the Zhang Family and the Wang Family. In fact, they were even more powerful. At the very least, the Zhang Family and the Wang Family had started their business earlier than the Zhang Family and the Wang Family. The Zhang Family and the Wang Family had just started their business not long ago, so they couldn't be compared to those two families.
After the Jia County Magistrates finished speaking, he saw that the yamen runners beside him didn't say anything, so he said again, "Isn't it better if the weather changes?"
"It's good that you say so, Magistrate. If it's snowing heavily, the winter wheat will have enough water. You don't have to worry about the winter wheat growing out first." Yama-yamen Runner echoed from the side.
Jia County Magistrates didn't say anything at this time. He looked back and forth between the yamen runners who hadn't been bribed by him, especially Yama-yamen Runner. Every time he saw Yama-yamen Runner's puzzled look, the Jia County Magistrates would smile.
The dishes were served and the wine was almost warm, but Jia County Magistrates still didn't say anything. He didn't eat either until the yamen runners didn't know what to do. Only then did Jia County Magistrates pick up his chopsticks, take a bite of the food, and say to the yamen runners, "Eat, it's free.
We should thank Zhangjia Zhuangzi. You should thank him even more. Don't you think so, Yama-yamen Runner? "
"If Magistrate says so, then so be it. Actually, we yamen runners should thank Magistrate more. After Magistrate took office, he didn't fire us, so we can still get a salary. This is why our families can live a good life. Magistrate, this humble one salutes you."
Yama-yamen Runner knew that Jia County Magistrates had gone to meet the people from the Han family today. Seeing Jia County Magistrates like this, he must have found a way to deal with Zhangjia Zhuangzi. Now that the Jia County Magistrates was in a good mood, he naturally had to go along with it. As for what would happen in the end, was there anyone who could beat Zhangjia Zhuangzi? After all, there was a master in charge there.
Jia County Magistrates looked at the yamen runners who were a little nervous and felt more and more confident that he would succeed this time. He raised his wine cup and said, "In the future, Sanshui County will be better than it is now. The people won't have to starve and freeze anymore. Some of the houses that came today are still missing. Yama-yamen Runner, get two people to fix them later."
Yama-yamen Runner also saw that some of the houses weren't fixed. It wasn't that the houses were missing, but when they were cooking, the smoke didn't come out from the chimney. Instead, it came out from the roof, so there should be some cracks in the mud.
Yama-yamen Runner looked at the snow outside. It wasn't big, so he felt that it could be fixed. He said to Jia County Magistrates, "I'll go right away. I'll eat when I come back. Please enjoy your meal, Magistrate."
After he finished speaking, Yama-yamen Runner was about to call two people over. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. He specifically picked the people that Jia County Magistrates had 'bribed'. Including him, there were four people in total.
When he was about to leave, Jia County Magistrates suddenly said, "Yama-yamen Runner, I think it's better for other yamen runners to do this kind of work. Why don't we change the people?"
Jia County Magistrates pointed at the people that he hadn't bribed as he spoke. He thought to himself, "It seems that the people I bribed are really being ostracized. Once there's a job, they have to do it. The Zhang family didn't give them enough."
Yama-yamen Runner naturally wouldn't refute. He called the people that Jia County Magistrates picked and turned around to leave. Jia County Magistrates smiled, picked up a big piece of meat, and chewed it vigorously in his mouth.
*****
The news of Jia County Magistrates meeting Han Wangzhu quickly spread to Zhang Xiaobao. Hearing the words of the people who came, the two of them actually wrote with a pen. He didn't know the specific content. Zhang Xiaobao nodded and said, "Well, they can't wait any longer.
"Good, as expected, they can't wait any longer. Since they want to make trouble for me during the New Year, I'll grant them their wish. Everyone in the farmsteads will be on high alert. En, also, send people to monitor the farmsteads of the Han Clan and Yuan Clan. That's it.
"Xiao Bao, why don't you take the opportunity to teach Jia County Magistrates a lesson before they make their move? Strike first and gain the upper hand. " Wang Juan listened at the side. She felt that Jia County Magistrates really didn't know how to be a good person. Why did he have to pick this time?
Zhang Xiaobao shook his head. Weiwei said, "If we want to teach him a lesson now, we can only make it big and drive him away directly. But if we do that, the people in Sanshui County will also have a bad New Year. Let's wait. It's not easy for everyone. It's the New Year, so we should be happy and lively."
When Zhang Xiaobao said this, he suddenly said happily, "I know how to let the people have a good New Year."
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